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	Individual Details		Individual Details

Age:	27
Died:	15th Feb 1892
Accident:	8th Feb 1892 1:40 AM, 4th hour of shift
Year Born:	abt. 1865
Colliery:	Dinnington
Company:	John Bowes and Partners Ltd.
Occupation:	Shifter
Notes:	Explosion of fire-damp [Inspection made & inquest attended]
Buried:	[not known]
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An accident of a more serious description occurred on the 8th February to a shifter named John Paddon, who was employed at the Dinnington Colliery. In the course of his work he had occasion to go into a headway for a tub, when some gas which had collected at the face ignited at his candle, and he was so severely burnt that he succumbed to his injuries on the 15th February. It was stated that gas had never been seen in that district of the pit before, and it is possible that, as is very often the case, where naked lights are used, the examination of the places had been of a more cursory character than would otherwise have been the case, but accidents of this description show the necessity of constant vigilance on the part of those appointed to make the necessary examinations, and the absence of gas over a long period should not be considered as an indication that less care is required. Particular caution should have been exercised in this case, as a new district was being opened out to the rise of some "troubles," and the ventilating current, owing to the air-ways not being complete, was not as satisfactory as could be wished. Safety lamps were at once introduced.

• 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 23, Accident Number: 13 Where to find this report
• 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 8 Where to find this report

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